The Sorrowful Rebel Rise Of The Rebel Part Nineteen

 The Journey

They were making steady and good progress. Loc looked at the reddy-brown sea. She suddenly remembered the time when she had escaped and her chaotic journey under the water. She could feel her heartbeat increase as she had to breathe deeper and had to walk to a secluded area of the ship. She took off the mask for a moment to breathe fresh air deeply. She closed her eyes and took this moment to enjoy letting the fresh air hit her skin and fill her lungs.

She opened her eyes to see that there was a ship coming at them. She could see the cannons on each side and one at the top. She could see helicopters and small planes. The moment that they were in range, the planes took off a long side then helicopters.

Quickly she put her mask back on and ran to Captain Sea Circle.

"We have a ship coming!"

He then looked out to see it.

"What do we do?"

She soon gathered all on board.

"All of you, split into two groups. One goes for the planes. The other will focus upon taking that ship out."

"How do you know that they will not kill us?"

"In the name of the Emperor, I will take you down!"

She looked at the one that asked.

"Question answered."

Soon one group ran to the cannons. They aimed at the ship. Then the cannon of the enemy ship fired. It flew into one of the top floors.

"Oi! The back one, take that cannon out!"

First Son nodded.

"Right!"

He moved the cannon to the side. Then raised the cannon up and with a push of a button the cannon fired and hit the helicopter that flew in the way. He fired again and again, hitting the side of the cabin.

Loc looked up, suddenly afraid that Captain Sea Circle was dead. She ran to him to see that the shot had missed him. She let out a sigh. She then ran to see what they were being hit by. There she saw a large ball of firecrys. 

This gave her an idea. She took off her glove and picked it up. It was hot in her hand. She had to resist the urge to drop it and scratch her hand. She quickly ran back to the cannons. She put it into the barrel. He then raised it as she placed her hand upon it. She then focused her heat into the firecrys in the barrel.

"Now!"

He pressed the button and a large ball of fire blasted out of the barrel. It hit the cannon of the other ship and because it was lit it caused the firecrys in the cannon to light, causing an explosion.

So I don't need to touch the firecrys to light it. Good. I can use this.

She then pumped more heat into the firecrys.

"Now a for the far side cannons!"

He nodded and another ball of fire hit the far side cannons and caused another explosion. This left a great hole in the side.

That was when she saw another flash of light beside her. She was launched away and hit the deck behind her. She quickly got to her feet and checked her mask. Which was intact. She saw where the fire was and saw that the random rebel was dead.

Don't focus on that. Keep your head in the battle.

She ran to the nearest cannon. She raised it up and aimed it at the plane in the sky. She placed her heat into the firecrys and pressed the button. It protruded out of the cannon only for the plane to move out of the way. She fired again to where the plane was going to go. So as it dodged out of the way, it was hit by the other ball of fire. This caused it to be blown back as it exploded as it hit a helicopter behind with the debris hitting some on the other side.

She felt a moment of relief rising within her. She, however, did not let herself give into the feeling as her eyes darted around. Looking for more to take down. Spotting that the others had had the air secured, she turned her attention to the ship. 

She lowered the cannon to the lower decks of the ship. She pumped the heat into the cannon, she saw the fire coming from the barrel and fired. This caused the lower decks to explode. Then a trickle of water came in. She then moved it lower. Pumped the heat into the firecrys and fired again. This caused another explosion. Water soon came flooding in and the lower decks were flooding.

She looked back up to Captain Sea Circle. The cabin had taken no damage. Then she heard a crash next to her.

That was close!

"Aim for the cannons!" She shouted.

The cannons changed directions and they fired at the cannons opposite.

I wonder if I can put heat into the cannons around me?

She then tried to do this and soon smoke rose from the cannons beside her.

"Now fire!" 

They all fired and four balls of fire flew out of them along with the ones that were not lit. This caused a long of fifteen holes where the cannons were. She smiled as she felt a mild tiredness sink into her. She ignored this and did it again, this time trying to reach further than she did. Then came the next row of cannons and she was able to light seven this time and this caused the tiredness to increase dramatically.

I need to end this soon.

She continued and another row of cannons were taken out. She could feel a coat of sweat over her skin.

"Now aim for the bottom of the ship!"

They all aimed down and fired. This caused the holes to become bigger causing the ship to sink. This was made worse as the pressure of the water forced itself into the ship, making the holes bigger and bigger. Once the ship was beneath the waves they cheered.

"Good work!"

"Not now. We need to gather all the dead that you can find."

This took three hours and they held a funeral for them and found that their number was now one hundred and fifty. They looked ahead to see Concerdeat on the tip of the horizon.